Emerson mourns student Jocelyn Straus
Announcement
Boston, MA —
Media contact: Andy Tiedemann, 617-824-8540 andrew_tiedemann [at] emerson.edu (andrew_tiedemann[at]emerson[dot]edu)
In an email to the Emerson community, President Lee Pelton shared news that Jocelyn Amelia Straus ’18, who was a first-year student studying Political Communication and was in the College’s Honors Program, died unattended in her Colonial Residence Hall room Tuesday night. Boston Police responded to assist the College’s staff. The Boston Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death.
In his message to the community, President Pelton wrote:
“Late last night, several of my Emerson colleagues and I visited with some of you who knew Jocelyn and I want you to know that we all share your deep sense of loss. She was a bright light taken from this world far too soon. Words cannot express our grief.
We will gather to remember and celebrate Jocelyn’s life at a memorial service at a later date, details about which we will share soon.”
Staff from Counseling and Psychological Services and members of the Office of Spiritual Life are being made available to the community today.
Straus was a native of El Cerrito, California.
About the College
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, opposite the historic Boston Common and in the heart of the city’s Theatre District, Emerson College educates individuals who will solve problems and change the world through engaged leadership in communication and the arts, a mission informed by liberal learning. The College has 3,780 undergraduates and 670 graduate students from across the United States and 50 countries. Supported by state-of-the-art facilities and a renowned faculty, students participate in more than 90 student organizations and performance groups. Emerson is known for its experiential learning programs in Los Angeles, Washington, DC, the Netherlands, London, China, and the Czech Republic as well as its new Global Portals, with the first opening last fall in Paris. The College has an active network of 51,000 alumni who hold leadership positions in communication and the arts. For more information, visit Emerson.edu.
